B A O V I Q O R T C A

R X L F E H C F G S

A E N H A B A Z R X E

I B K S D V J D U S P

N R D B H G O M E X U

E O A I X N T R S N Z

R J W E E K K W I K Z

G W A N M I D K C T L

M K R M B E A H T L E

S C E F E N J T H C QU R V GT S D F I S T

X S E Z U Z C V Y X A

P I S E W F Y B I E S

H J S C D P M H K R J

Ten classic Brain Awareness Week brain teasers for puzzlers of all ages!

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NAME GAME
Your brain is always learning -- and school is your best opportunity to concentrate on increasing your knowledge and brainpower. Heres a rhyming puzzle to put your brain to the test. Each clue has a two-word answer that rhymes; all you have to do is fill in the correct letters. Heres an example: when your head hurts, you might call it a brain pain. See how many of the following rhymes you can guess.

1. Getting a good education gives you a

2. Tired from cramming for tests

3. An example would be, dont talk in class

4. What education does thats important

5. A brain thats learned its lessons does this with no trouble

6. Doing your homework everyday makes you a

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WORD SEARCH
Word search puzzles can be a lot of fun. The letters look all mixed up, but hidden among them are many words that describe the things you can do with your brain. See how many brain activities you can find and circle. The words can read across, up, down, or diagonally. If you can locate all 12 words, youre really using your brain!

Q T H I N K O S W U
SEE HEAR READ FEEL

A E I E F K G T N D

S E E A A L U D X B

B X W B D R E A M E

R L H C G R S U Y L

E Z S O S M S F Z I

A O B T P N P E A E

D P A D I E Q E B V

C N P E J T A L K E

D R K N O W R V C F

Word search puzzle words to find: TALK HOPE KNOW THINK GUESS DREAM BELIEVE UNDERSTAND

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FORMING WORDS
This puzzle gives you five key words to work with. Each key word can be inserted in one or more of the letter groups below to unlock a new word.

Key words:

BRAIN

HEAD

IDEA

MENTAL

First, add one of the key words above to the letters below in order to form a word. Then draw a line matching each word to its meaning in the right-hand column.

)IEST

(outlook)

DOUBLE(

)ER

(kind of combat)

)ITY

(essential)

)LLY

(it's a snap!)

ELE(

(baseball bonus)

) TO (

(most intelligent)

NO(

)ER

(secret retreat)

H(

)WAY

(in a perfect world)

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"Q.E.D."
Unscramble the ten words below by rearranging the order of the letters -- then fill them in the spaces above to find out why its useful to exercise your brain on games and puzzles!

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L A M E N T H E R C A R E S M E G A S S W O R D M U T I L A T E S

S K I D R A T E R E N A L T A R T S P H A S E

Everyone knows that _______ brains continue to _______ and grow, but new _______ suggests that even the brains of older adults are not "frozen." They respond well to ______ exercise such as ______ involving ______ like the ones that follow here. It is also useful to ______ your senses and to seek out new experiences. ______ your brain workouts now and get yourself in ______. It

works, as will be shown -- or as they say in Latin, "quod ______ demonstrandum"!

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"P.D.Q. KIDS"
Have you ever done word search puzzles? You might think your eyes are doing all the work, but its your brain that finds the words in what looks like a bunch of mixed up letters. In fact, your brain does a lot -- and all the words in this puzzle are things you couldnt do without it! See how many brain activities you can find and circle. The words can read across, up, down, or diagonally.If you find more than 12 words, youre P.D.Q: "Pretty Darn Quick"!

B E T S A T N G E S

C A T C H V M I O H

L Q Z S M E L L F L

H O S W X A V S E E

E R S I R E F L E O

A P B T N R A E L V

R R U A A G A E W F

T E D L C N Z P P E

W A L K K Y D D A L

I D R E A M F T T O

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SCRAMBLED LETTERS

BRAIN SCIENCES

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the brain and its functions. It takes a lot of studying to become a neuroscientist. In fact, youll study many different sciences on your way to understanding the human brain. What sciences will you study? Some of the answers are given in the scrambled words below. Each clue tells you what kind of knowledge you will acquire in the scientific answer. Theres a lot to learn -- but if you study hard, youll make the grade!

B ________
LYIOGO (the study of living things)

P ________
SICSHY (the study of matter and energy)

M ________
INECEDI (the study of health and sickness)

N _________
YOLGROEU (the study of the nervous system)

P ________
CLYOSGOYH (the study of the behavior of humans and animals related to mental processes)

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New Game

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Did you know that when large numbers of smart people leave one country to work in another, its called a brain drain? Use your head to come up with other name game rhyming expressions based on the following clues. If you get three or more, you are clever indeed - and four or more puts you in right in the middle of genius territory (brain terrain)!

Headache

Chief genius

Simple mind

Smart folks in Madrid

Fast learner on the job

Tune you cant get out of your head

What a neurology professor does

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"HIGH Q"
Our brains are essential to us because they make us who we are -- and they also help us perform the "higher functions" that make us human.

Starting with each letter to the left, see if you can unscramble the rest of the letters to fill in these five higher functions that the brain can perform and imagine what life would be like if our brains couldnt do them!

B R A I N

L C A N A E

(to walk upright)

M E E M R E B

(to know where youre going)

Z Y L A N E

(to understand information)

E I G N M A

(to foresee what might happen)

E I O T C

(to observe the things around you)

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"Q & A"

Heres a puzzle that can test your mental agility: what third word follows each of the first two words to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase? Example: if the clue words are "BRAIN" and "THUNDER," the word that completes both compound words or phrases might be "STORM": Brainstorm and Thunderstorm.

Think / Army Head / Jump Thought / Hot-air Intelligence / Talent Mind / Speed Mental / San Francisco Smart / Chocolate-chip Memory / River Rational / Phone Brain / Micro
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SCRAMBLED LETTERS answers:

Biology Physics Medicine Neurology Psychology

(the study of living things)

(the study of matter and energy)

(the study of health and sickness)

(the study of the nervous system)

(the study of the behavior of humans and animals related to mental processes)

NAME GAME answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

SMART BRAIN SCHOOL TRAINS PASSES PRUDENT

START DRAIN RULE BRAINS CLASSES STUDENT

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WORD SEARCH Answer Key

Q T H I N K O S W U
SEE HEAR READ FEEL

A E I E F K G T N D

S E E A A L U D X B

B X W B D R E A M E

R L H C G R S U Y L

E Z S O S M S F Z I

A O B T P N P E A E

D P A D I E Q E B V

C N P E J T A L K E

D R K N O W R V C F

TALK HOPE KNOW THINK

GUESS DREAM BELIEVE UNDERSTAND

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FORMING WORDS answers:

(BRAIN) I E S T

(outlook)

D O U B L E (HEAD) E R

(kind of combat)

(MENTAL) I T Y

(essential)

(IDEA) L L Y

(it's a snap!)

E L E (MENTAL)

(baseball bonus)

(HEAD) T O (HEAD)

(most intelligent)

N O (BRAIN) E R

(secret retreat)

H (IDEA) W A Y

(in a perfect world)

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